@columbiaup.bsky.social is currently hiring two editorial assistants. One to work w/ me and my colleague, who acquires in theory, philosophy, and religion. The other to work with the sociology/Black Studies editor and the editorial director/editor for Asian humanities. bit.ly/4nHDLMY

For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social I wrote about Kelly Reichardt's THE MASTERMIND, and what her riff on the heist film has to say about labor, art, and entitlement lareviewofbooks.org/article/rebe...

Peter Coviello isn't on Bluesky, but this definitely should be: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

On November 20th at 6:15, join Thomas Colley and Martin Moore for the launch of their new book, DICTATING REALITY: THE GLOBAL BATTLE TO CONTROL THE NEWS at King's College. bit.ly/43hRFhK @martinjemoore.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Seems like a good day for big ideas.

Podcast on #DictatingReality with the excellent Miranda Melcher @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social speaking to Tom & I on everything from Orban's counterfeit public sphere to India's Godi media newbooksnetwork.com/dictating-re...

A new generation of journalists emerges from the Amazon rainforest, just in time for COP30. Read Adriana Carranca. www.cjr.org/feature/repo...

"[A]uthoritarian regimes are reinventing 'news' as a weapon to oppress opposition...This book is the ultimate guide to this brave *news* world."--Peter Pomerantsev DICTATING REALITY, by Martin Moore and ThomasColley. bit.ly/3Xbzab9 @martinjemoore.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

"A rip-roaring tribute to a canonical work." David Trotter on THE INNER LIFE OF MRS. DALLOWAY, by Edward Mendelson. bit.ly/3Jvanf8 @lrb.co.uk @columbiaup.bsky.social

The ICE detention of Sami Hamdi closely follows the deportation of Mario Guevara. Read @aidaalami.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

Legacy Papers Have Been Weird and Hostile Toward Zohran Mamdani. The New York City mayoral candidate promises radical change that editorial boards don’t want, even if voters do. Read @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/analysis/leg...

Today is the official publication day for POETRY IN GENERAL: How a Literary From Became Public. ✨ Now available wherever books are sold ✨ Use CUP20 for a discount from the press cup.columbia.edu/book/poetry-...

"[A] striking example of the power that cultural history can lend to narrative studies, and vice-versa." Congrats to Alexander Manshel, whose book, WRITING BACKWARDS, was awarded the 2026 Perkins Prize. bit.ly/4oqeqbQ @manshel.bsky.social #LiteratureNow @columbiaup.bsky.social

“At every turn, ‘Dawn of the Dead’ invites us to consider whether the real zombies are the undead desperate to enter the mall or the living humans equally desperate to keep the mall to themselves,” the horror scholar Adam Lowenstein writes.

How news is being used by states to create parallel realities - by me and Tom Colley for KCL www.kcl.ac.uk/how-news-is-...

Tonight at 5 pm, join Jennifer Scappettone as she presents her new book, POETRY AFTER BARBARISM: THE INVENTION OF MOTHERLESS TONGUES AND RESISTANCD TO FASCISM at the Organism for Poetic Research in NYC. tinyurl.com/3r8643mm @xenoglossic.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

"[S]hows how to escape from oubliettes established by both disruptors and traditional educators." -- Nick Montfort Now available: THE CLASSROOM & THE CROWD: POETRY & THE PROMISE OF DIGITAL COMMUNITY, by Al Filreis tinyurl.com/3ypn4h5w @afilreis.bsky.social @modpo.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Just learned that WRITING BACKWARDS has won Narrative's 2026 Perkins Prize, "awarded to the book making the most significant contribution to the study of narrative in a given year." A true honor, especially given the prize's past recipients! www.thenarrativesociety.org/barbara-and-...

Disappointed I didn't get a chance to meet @afilreis.bsky.social during my recent visit to Penn, but very excited about his book, forthcoming from @columbiaup.bsky.social.

"[A] smart and well-written take on a really original and influential professional of moving images." -- Jussi Parikka HARUN FAROCKI: FORMS OF INTELLIGENCE, by Nora Alter, reviewed in *Leonardo.* tinyurl.com/54ukm9y6 @columbiaup.bsky.social

Tonight! At 6:30 at NYU's Casa Italiana, Jennifer Scappettone will be talking about her extraordinary new book, POETRY AFTER BARBARISM: THE INVENTION OF MOTHERLESS TONGUES & RESISTANCE TO FASCISM tinyurl.com/mwc9ua4m @xenoglossic.bsky.social #LiteratureNow @columbiaup.bsky.social

"Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the discursive short circuits and contradictions that plagued the Soviet project of modernity."--Klara Kemp-Welch REORIENTALISM, by Nariman Skakov. Use the code CUP20 and save 20%. bit.ly/4qbtj39 #ModernistLatitudes @columbiaup.bsky.social

Listen to an excellent podcast with Jarvis McInnis on the Black Studies Podcast about his new book, AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION, part of the Black Lives in the Diaspora series published by Howard University and @columbiaup.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/3umshwun

Today is official publication day! Dictating Reality is now out cup.columbia.edu/book/dictati...

Four dogs in the distance Each stands for a kindness

If you want to know more about how nonprofits fit into the U.S. publishing scene and post-1945 literary history, I have a book for you.... cup.columbia.edu/book/big-fic...

Enormous news for US literature. A new, Mellon-led, $50 million fund for nonprofit literary orgs and publishers. Closest thing we've ever had to it was Mellon and Wallace in 1991, which, in today's dollars, was still less than half this. Open call begins Nov 10. literaryartsfund.org/about/

Hear from 3 fantastic acquisition editors at our Nov 10 webinar Crafting a Winning Book Proposal: - Sara Cohen, @uofmpress.bsky.social - Alyssa Napier, @columbiaup.bsky.social - Noah Springer @noahspringer.com, @mitpress.bsky.social ideasonfire.net/first-book-p... #FirstBook

"Brimming with insight, politically aware, and written with verve..." -- John Keene Congratulations to Jennifer Scappettone on the official publication date of her new book, POETRY AFTER BARBARISM. tinyurl.com/4xatbnkd @xenoglossic.bsky.social #LiteratureNow @columbiaup.bsky.social

"With dazzling erudition, Skakov shatters the spatial and temporal coordinates of Soviet modernism."--Steven Lee Congratulations to Nariman Skakov on the official publication date of his new book, REORIENTALISM. bit.ly/4qbtj39 #modernistlatitudes @columbiaup.bsky.social

Colleges' AI policies appear to be part of a broader effort to snatch away decision-making power over teaching, learning, and research from subject matter and pedagogy experts and give it to donors and administrators. defector.com/higher-eds-r...

Hot off the press! THE CLASSROOM & THE CROWD: POETRY & THE PROMISE OF DIGITAL COMMUNITY, by Al Filreis. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%! tinyurl.com/3ypn4h5w @afilreis.bsky.social @modpo.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

So looking forward to the hometown launch of my book at Rutgers later 💗

Today at 4:30, join Kristin Grogan as she discusses her new book, STITCH, UNSTITCH: MODERNIST POETRY & THE WORLD AT WORK at the Rutgers Center for Cultural Analysis. tinyurl.com/4pdupayn @kristingrogan.bsky.social #ModernistLatitudes @columbiaup.bsky.social

On The Kicker @sulliview.bsky.social joins @joshuahersh.bsky.social to talk about what it means for journalism ethics to evolve with the times—and how she views questions around transparency, media bias, and whether the public editor role might make its return. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

"An important exploration of how Black women artists have used self-expression to counter misperceptions..." --Soyica Diggs Colbert Coming in early 2026: THE SOUTHS IN HER, by Nicole M. Morris Johnson. Use the code CUP20 and save 20%. tinyurl.com/yc5r32ur @columbiaup.bsky.social

We've met 2 authors at the Conference on South Asia exhibit... @columbiaup.bsky.social author Aparna Dharwadker with her book, Cosmo-Modernism and Theater in India & also, @dukepress.bsky.social author Raka Shome with Cleansing the Nation.. #ACSA2025 #SouthAsia

*Due South* on @wunc.org has an excellent interview with Jarvis McInnis about his new book AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION, published in the Black Lives in the Diaspora series at @columbiaup.bsky.social. Interview starts at 13 minutes. tinyurl.com/3amrcfyj

The @jbhe.com has a great list of new books of interest to African American Scholars, including MODERNISM & THE MIDDLE PASSAGE, by Laura Winkiel. tinyurl.com/y57zad8p @columbiaup.bsky.social

Flood Editions is turning 25! Please join us for their birthday party on October 24 at 6pm at The Arts Club of Chicago. The evening will feature drinks, appetizers, brief poetry readings, and music. We hope to see you there! #floodeditions #poetry

next Monday is the home turf launch for my book, Stitch, Unstitch: Modernist Poetry and the World of Work. With responses from the wonderful @kjavadizadeh.bsky.social and brilliant Rutgers grad students Lena Crown and Colton Hicks. Come along if you're local? RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

excited to see an extract of my book up on Lit Hub - on Black labor unions, racialised service work, and the blues poetry of Langston Hughes and Sterling Brown @columbiaup.bsky.social @philipleventhal.bsky.social

I’m so excited to be in conversation with Keegan at Red Emma’s in Baltimore next month, moderated by Chris Nealon 👯‍♀️

Sixth in the ASAP/16 Book Prize shortlist is Christopher T. Fan’s ASIAN AMERICAN FICTION AFTER 1965: TRANSNATIONAL FANTASIES OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY from @columbiaup.bsky.social. The winner of the prize will be announced at our conference in Houston next week. Please join us!

I'm super honored that 'Death by Laughter' is a finalist for the Theatre Library Association's Richard Wall Award!! In esteemed company, long live film books! 🎉🎞️📚 @columbiaup.bsky.social www.tla-online.org/awards/booka...

We're facing a dire shortage of teachers. We'll hire 1,000 new ones every single year and deliver on the class-size reduction law I was proud to help pass in Albany.

The empathic position is also the most ethical, the most honest and plainly courageous. Our students modeled it every night of the Encampment. Glad to see senior faculty raise it now.

Former Columbia Provost Jonathan Cole asks the university to bravely admit where it was wrong: www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...

🚨🚨🚨 And THREE stood up! Penn has joined MIT & Brown in rejecting Trump’s loyalty oath compact. When we join together and fight back, WE WIN! No amount of federal bribery is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, and dissent. LET’S GO! #DefendHigherEd @aaup-penn.bsky.social